British Aerospace

1977-1999 aerospace and defense company in the United Kingdom
Organization aerospace_manufacturer Q918733
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British Aerospace

Summary

British Aerospace is an aerospace manufacturer[1]. It draws 305 Wikipedia views per month (aerospace_manufacturer category, ranking #47 of 283).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Aerospace is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • British Aerospace's image is recorded as British Aerospace ATP, West Air Europe JP7177726.jpg[4].
  • British Aerospace's instance of is recorded as aerospace manufacturer[5].
  • British Aerospace's founder is recorded as Government of the United Kingdom[6].
  • British Aerospace's follows is recorded as British Aircraft Corporation[7].
  • British Aerospace's follows is recorded as Hawker Siddeley[8].
  • British Aerospace's follows is recorded as Siemens Plessey[9].
  • British Aerospace's followed by is recorded as BAE Systems[10].
  • British Aerospace's headquarters location is recorded as Farnborough[11].
  • British Aerospace's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 252478564[12].
  • British Aerospace's child organization or unit is recorded as Rover Group[13].
  • British Aerospace's Commons category is recorded as British Aerospace[14].
  • British Aerospace's industry is recorded as weapons industry[15].
  • British Aerospace's industry is recorded as aircraft industry[16].
  • +1977-04-29T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Aerospace[17].
  • British Aerospace was dissolved in +1999-11-30T00:00:00Z[18].
  • British Aerospace's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cth8[19].
  • British Aerospace's official website is recorded as http://www.bae.co.uk/[20].
  • British Aerospace's topic's main category is recorded as Category:British Aerospace[21].
  • British Aerospace's product or material produced is recorded as aircraft[22].
  • British Aerospace's replaces is recorded as British Aircraft Corporation[23].
  • British Aerospace's replaces is recorded as Hawker Siddeley[24].
  • British Aerospace's replaces is recorded as Siemens Plessey[25].
  • British Aerospace's replaces is recorded as Scottish Aviation[26].
  • British Aerospace's replaced by is recorded as BAE Systems[27].

Body

Founding

British Aerospace's founder is recorded as Government of the United Kingdom[6]. +1977-04-29T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[17].

Identity

Predecessors include British Aircraft Corporation[7], Hawker Siddeley[8], and Siemens Plessey[9]. British Aerospace's followed by is recorded as BAE Systems[10].

Operations

British Aerospace's headquarters location is recorded as Farnborough[11]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Rover Group[13].

Industry

Industries include weapons industry[15] and aircraft industry[16].

Ownership

British Aerospace's product or material produced is recorded as aircraft[22].

Dissolution

British Aerospace was dissolved in +1999-11-30T00:00:00Z[18].

Why It Matters

British Aerospace draws 305 Wikipedia views per month (aerospace_manufacturer category, ranking #47 of 283).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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